Paper-holder.



J. H. ANANSON.

PAPER HOLDER APPFICATION FILED APR. 1917;

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

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E] wvewfoz JOHN H. ANANSON, 0F STIRLING, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 23, 19315;.

- eoplicatioii filed April 4, 1917. Serial No; M93319.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn H. ANANsoN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Stirling, county of Morris, and State of NewJersey, United States of America, have.

invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Holders, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had, to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to holders or cabinets for dispensing sheets of paper or the like.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple and durable paper holder comprising a plurality of compartments and particularly adapted for simultaneously delivering a plurality of superposed sheets.

In making typewritten copies it has usually been necessary to assemble a first sheet together with one or more copy sheets, and interposed carbon sheets. This necessarily consumes considerable time and it has been .my aim to provide a holder which is particularly adapted to deliver a plurality of superposed sheets such as, for example, a first sheet of typewriter paper, a carbon sheet and a second sheet ready for use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder having a single means for eil'ecting the delivery of the superposed sheets, and means for guiding these sheets into accurate register as they are delivered from the holder, in such a Way that they may be handled as a single sheet. v

In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I will now proceed to describe the same in the following speci fication and then point out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a holder arranged and constructed in accordance with my invention and constituting an embodiment thereof.

Fig. 2 is a partial plan View of the same holder with the casin broken away at one point to disclose the riving mechanism for the rolls.

Fig. 3 is a partialend elevation showing particularly the gearing by which the actusting rollers are driven.

A detail of the structure which supports the rolls and gears is shown on a larger scale in Fig. i.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 5 which corresponds to a portion of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a modified arrangement of the gears for driving the rolls without interfering with their adjustment. Another slightly modified form of gearmg is shown in the se tional detail View Specialreference may first be had to Figs. 1 to at inclusive in which 10 designates the body of the holder which has the form. of a rectangular box open at the delivery end and having a closed end 11 which is inclined for the purpose hereinafter explained. The

interior of the box is divided into compartments 12, 13 and 14 by partitions 15 and 16. The delivery chute 17 is hinge-connected at 18 to one edgeof the'body or box 10 and acts like a lid, being provided with. lateral projection or lug latch 20 when the chute is in tion as shown inj ig. l.

The chute has partitions 21 and, 22 which form continuations of the partitions 15 and 16 respectively. The bottom Wall of the chute which is designated 23 is provided with a hump near the hinge 18 and the par titions 21 and 22 are provided with cone spondingly located humps 24.

The side Walls of the holder or box are provided with Lshaped slots 25 in which axles '26 of a plurality of rollers 27 are disposed.

Each of the rollers is soft rubber or the like and may be provided with longitudinal ribs asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A gear wheel 28 is secured to the axle 26 of each roller near its respective ends. Adjacent to the gear wheels on the axles 26 are bearing blocks 30 which are mounted to slide in guidcways 31 of a bearing bracket 29. S wings 32 press doWn-' wardly on each of the blocks 30 thereby forcing the rollers 2'? against the paper or whatever contained in the compartments of the holder.

Idler cars 33 are rotatively mounted on adjustabi; blocks 34 which are mounted in guideways 35 of the bracket 29.

The bearing bracket structure may be formed in any suitable manner but I prefer to make it from sheet metal by stamping or pressing. The structure is composed of two operative posipreferably made of 19 which is engaged by a lid parts adapted to be mounted on opposite sides of the holder and preferably interconnectedloy a plate or strap ?6.

The bearing brackets are alike and each of them comprises as shown in Fig. 4, a plate with adjacent pairs of gear wheels 28 as. clearly, shown in Fig- 3, the arrangement of parts being such that when one ofthe roller axles is turned, as for example, by means of a handle at, the rollers are concurrently driven. o'

The springs 42 hold the idler gears 33in mesh with the gears 28 at all times independently of the spacingor the gears. I 1 in Fig. 7 I have showna modification in which the rollers 27 are rotatiyejly mounted on fixed axes and are connected by suitable gearing corresponding to that shown in Fig. 3, for example, although the idler gears may also be fixed in this instance.

Instead of the partition plates'l5' and 16, I provide in this arrangement floating partition plates i6, 4:7, and4=8 of which the plate 48 constitutesv a movable bottom'plate. Each of the plates is provided with lateral liurs or projections 49'whi'ch extend through suitable slots 50 in the side walls of the holder. Springs 51 are mounted. to press .upwardly upon the plates i6, r? and 45:8,the

arrangementof parts being such that the plates are pressed against the rolls when there is no paper in'the holder, or. when the paper is introduced it is held in contact with the rolls at all times.

In Fig. 5 I have shown another modification in which the rolls are provided with pulleys tr sheaves 52"which are interconnected by electric belts 53. By this means the rolls are all driven concurrently and may be held in contact with the paper at all times by suitablesprings as shown in Fig. 3. I I

The rollers may be 'mountedto swing on arms or trunnions 54 as shown in Fig.'6 instead of being arranged to more i'n-a straight line. In this case each roll may be driven by ajixed idler gear 56 mounted at the pivotal center ofthe arms or trunn ions Aspire] or other suitable spring presses each roll toward the partitionor wall below it.

The idler gears may be interconnected by bolts, gears or any suitable means such as those illustrated in the previous figures.

In using the holder it is evident that it may be mounted on a sheave on the top of enses a typewriter disk or in any suitable position where it can be conveniently reached by the typewriter operator.

The holder will be loaded with at least a sufficient amount of paper and carbon sheets and second sheets for one days supply. When the paper is introduced the sheets are ofi'set slightly relative to each other as shown in Fig. 1, on account of the at a time.

By reason of the L-shaped formation of the slots 25 and the fact thatthe bearing support constitutes a unitary. structure ivhich is mounted on the box or body of the device, the supporting structure, to

gether with the rolls, may all be removed when the. chute is swung'open on the hinge '18. This provides a convenient method of access to the rolls for cleaning or the like, and also may be employed as a ready means for getting the rollsout' of the way to facilitate the filling. When the rolls are forced back in place they rest upon the several piles of paper and the device is ready for use. I

Various structural modifications may be effected within the spirit and scope of my invention and I intend only such limitations as are imposed by the appended claims.

What'l claim is:

1. A paper holder comprising a rectangular body having an open end, partitions dividing the interior of the body with the walls thereof into compartments adapted to contain sheets of paper, and a tapering chute having a single discharge opening, hinged at the open end of the body and having converging partitions forming continuations of the walls and partitions of the body, said chute being adapted to. be opened to introduce paper into the compartments, rolls in the compartments, and means for concurrently actuating the rolls for die livering the paper to the chute sheet by sheet, whereby the sheets are discharged from the single opening of the chute in registering superposed relation.

A paper holder comprising a rectangu 'iar llOI'lZOlll/lil body, partitions dividing the interior of the body into compartments adapted to contain sheets of paper, and a tapering chute having a single discharge melee? chute in registering; superposed relation.

3. A paper holder comprising 2L reotsngw lai' horizontal body, partitions dividing the interior of the body into compartments adapted to contain sheets of paper, and a tapering chnte having a single discharge opening and converging partitions forming continuotions of the partitions of the body,

said chnte being hinge-connected to the body at its open edge and-having" its bottom wall the partitions formed to retmtd the movement of the paper therethrough.

4. A paper holder comprising: a rectangw lar horizontal-body, partitions dividing the interior oi the body into compartments adapted to contain sheets of paper, and a' tapering; chute having: a single discharge opening and converging partitions forming continna tions of the partitions of the body, toiiots in the compartments for discharging a, sheet from each compartment, said chute being hinge-connected to the body and openable to introduce paper into the compartments the bottom wall and partitions of said chute being termed with humps to hold back the pop-e1 in the compartments each. V I

in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day-of March, 191'{.

JOHN H. ANANSON.

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